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RIFLE — Battle Mountain girls soccer is already half-way finished with the season or only a quarter of the way done, depending on one’s perspective.

The Huskies battered Rifle, 10-0, on Thursday afternoon to run its league record to 5-0. That is half of the regular-season schedule in the 4A Slope. Of course, Battle Mountain has its eyes set higher and the optimum number of games this spring would be 20, as in a run to the state title.

“It’s almost like a college football schedule,” Huskies soccer coach David Cope said. “It’s front-loaded. We’re starting to get to the meat of the schedule. We know we’ll definitely be challenged when we play Steamboat Springs a second time. There’s Glenwood away, Mullen, Silver Creek and Palisade. We have tons of good games ahead.”

But having points in the bag is a nice thing. Junior Julia Mills scored twice, and those were her first two varsity goals. What is a little eerie is that Cope calls her Jules and Mills wears No. 14. For those looking for an omen, Julia Burnett wore No. 14 for the Huskies and became a terror to the opposition along with Kelsey Sanders.

Whatever happens, Thursday was a memorable day for Mills.

“Especially when a kid has been fighting for three years to get a spot on varsity, their first goals are a rewarding thing,” Cope said.

Morgan Croke and Logan Nash are not strangers to the scoresheet. They both had hat tricks. Taylor Denning scored twice and Acacia Ortiz had a goal.

Mindy Vickers and Ali Teague shared the shutout in net.

Battle Mountain heads to Summit County on Thursday for Round 2 with the Tigers.